It's more than 10 years since respected youth work academic Mark K Smith drew our attention to the three negatives associated with the term "youths": thugs, users or victims. Thugs need to be constrained; users abuse substances or need services delivered to them; and...
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Viewpoint - The outmoded label of 'child' still prevails
A young man recently asked me why I was still involved with "youths" at the grand old age of 52. I replied that apart from receiving a decent salary for doing this job, I still believe that he and his mates get a rough deal and need people like me to help stand up for them.
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